Yi King

The Yi King's faction was a faction of liberal politicians in the Heavenly Kingdom that supported the Yi ("Primary") King Hong Xiuquan. Hong Xiuquan claimed to be Jesus' younger brother and railed against opium, alcohol, tobacco, the Manchu Qing dynasty, and the foreign powers, and his cause attracted around 1,000,000 soldiers during the Taiping Rebellion. His cause supported a deregulated economy, secularism, full citizenship for minorities, and opposed high military spending.